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Adoption
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Putative Father Registry Deadlines
By Family Law
"Jeremiah Clayton Jones discovered that his former fiancée was pregnant just three weeks before the baby was due, when an adoption-agency lawyer called and asked if he would consent to…
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“Fathers” Challenge Registry
By Family Law
"Critics call it Florida's best-kept secret, a law that allows babies to be adopted without notifying unwed fathers.Now, two men are challenging rulings under a state law that stripped them…
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Commentary: Boston College Law Dean Speaks Out on Massachusetts Catholic Charities Adoption Squabble
By Family Law
Last Friday the Boston Archdiocese's Catholic Charities' announced that it would put an end to its century-old adoption service rather than comply with state law allowing gays to adopt children.…
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Case Law Development: Arkansas Supreme Court Rules Father Has No Rights to Child Born Without His Knowledge As He Failed to Adequately Protect His “Opportunity Interest”
By Family Law
The Arkansas Supreme Court, over the dissent of the Chief Justice, ruled Thursday in Escobedo v. Nickita that a biological father has no right to the custody of his biological…
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Bronze Medalist Hopes to Find Birth Parents
By Family Law
"Toby Dawson arrived in the United States with no name and no birthday.He was adoptee K81-2879, found on the streets of Seoul, South Korea. Workers at the South Korean orphanage…
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Case Law Development: Mere Offers of Financial Support Insufficient to Entitle Putative Fathers to Notice of Adoption
By Family Law
The Supreme court of North Carolina holds that a putative father need not consent to the adoption of his biological child if he has not provided actual financial support for…
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Virginia Legislators Reject Birth-Certificate Rules that Would Prevent Same-Sex Couples From Adopting Children
By Family Law
Virginia Legislators rejected a bill on Thursday that would have prevented gay and lesbian couples who adopt Virginia-born children to be listed on state-issued birth certificates. The bill would have…
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Case Law Development: Non-Relatives Have Standing in Child Abuse and Neglect Actions
By Family Law
The Supreme Court of South Carolina has held that a Family Court errs in refusing a request for an evidentiary hearing, instead basing its permanency planning order on the file…
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By Family Law
The Georgian Parliament is preparing a new child adoption law that would make procedures more difficult for foreigners to adopt children but easier for Georgian citizens. The proposal is an…
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Case Law Development: Grandparents Have No Right to Notice of Adoption Proceedings
By Family Law
The Supreme Court of Arkansas held that even if grandparents have existing court-ordered visitation rights with their daughter's child, they are not entitled to notice of pending adoption proceedings, so…